November 7, 2016

Windows broken at the SDSM headquarters in Arachinovo (verified)

Incident
Incident due to political affiliation or political belief

What happened: Early in the morning, unknown perpetrators broke the glass of four windows of the
SDSM party headquarters in Arachinovo.

Date, time and location of the incident: 7 November, around 5:00, SDSM headquarters in Arachinovo.
Source of information: Television channel Telma, Electronic medium MKD.mk
Victim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Causing hatred, discord or
intolerance on national, racial, religious and other discriminatory ground (Article 319, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is political
affi liation and the bias indicators are:
1. Target location – the target location is the headquarters of the main opposition political party.

Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje was taking all measures and actions for solving the
criminal act and identifying the perpetrators.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.

Address
Arachinovo
Location Name
SDSM headquarters

Number of victims
-
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Destruction of property
Incident location
Other public location
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
Windows broken at the SDSM headquarters in Arachinovo (verified) image

Criminal offences

Against Property
Damage of property

Grounds

Political affiliation